• 1. The Calcutta Piano Trade in the Late Eighteenth Century ; 2. Samuel Wesley and the Music Profession ; 3. Wise Men from the East: Mozart's Operas and Metropolitan Cultural Politics in the Early Nineteenth Century ; 4. Sainsbury's Dictionary, the Royal Academy of Music and the Rhetoric of Patriotism ; 5. The Hidden Pathways of Assimilation: Mendelssohn's First Visit to London ; 6. Representing the Audience in the Age of Reform: Critics and the Elite at the Italian Opera in London ; 7. The Society of British Musicians (1834-65) and the Campaign for Native Talent ; 8. Changing Values in Nineteenth Century Performance: The Work of Michael Costa and August Manns ; 9. John Ella and the Making of the Musical Union ; 10. Here will we sit: the Creation of the Ulster Hall ; 11. Musicians in the English Provincial City: Manchester c.1860-1914 ; 12. Popular Nationalism: Griffith Rhys Jones (Caradog) and the Welsh Choral Tradition ; 13. Edward Dannreuther and the Orme Square Phenomenon ; 14. Miscellany versus Homogeneity: Concert Programmes at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in the 1880s ; 15. Ambivalent Friendships: Music Lovers, Amateurs, and Professional Musicians in the Late Nineteenth Century ; 16. The Transformed Village: Lucy Broadwood and Folksong ; 17. Cyril Ehrlich: before The Piano ; A Selective List of Cyril Ehrlich's Writings ; Index

... well presented ... presents us with a series of articles all of which contain insights and material of value ... The most strikingly positive aspect of the book is the care, thought, and depth of research methodology exhibited by all the authors in their contributions.